Pas de deux (The Royal Ballet)

Marianela Nuñez (Odette (Swan Lake); Kitri (Don Quixote); Myrtha (Giselle)); Edward Watson (Rudolf (Mayerling)); Sergei Polunin (Jack/Knave of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)); Sarah Lamb (Elite Syncopations; Limen; Perdita (The Winter's Tale)); Mara Galeazzi (Mary Vetsera (Mayerling)); Tamara Rojo (Manon (Manon)); Carlos Acosta (Des Grieux (Manon); Basilio (Don Quixote)); Alina Cojocaru (Giselle (Giselle)); Natalia Osipova (Odile (Swan Lake)); Matthew Golding (Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake)); Roberta Marquez (Lise (La fille mal gardée)); Steven McRae (Colas (La fille mal gardée); Floitzel (The Winter's Tale); The Prince (The Nutcracker));

Pita: The Mother

Natalia Osipova (Dancer); Jonathan Goddard (Dancer);

"…one of the most profoundly moving and emotionally compelling dance performances you are ever likely to see." (The Herald ★★★★)

Prokofiev: Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet)

Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella); Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume); Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia); Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina); Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine); Remi Wörtmeye (Benjamin); Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Cinderella's father); Erica Horwood (Cinderella's mother);

"After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming." (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★)

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (The Royal Ballet)

Sergei Polunin (The Wolf); Will Kemp (Grandfather); Kilian Smith (Peter); Charlotte Edmonds (Duck); Laurine Muccioli (Bird); Chisato Katsura (Cat);

"Matthew Hart’s realisation of Prokofiev’s score as a ballet had first been seen in 1995 and it works very well indeed...The choreography is simple without being simplistic and Hart tells the story very well." (Musicweb International)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (The Royal Ballet)

Lauren Cuthbertson (Juliet); Federico Bonelli (Romeo); Alexander Campbell (Mercutio); Bennet Gartside (Tybalt); Valeri Hristov (Paris); Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet);

"... dance quality in this performance was technically exemplary at every rank in the cast hierarchy. No detail was left unpolished, from the magnificence of the ballroom scene to the market place, which was imbued with plenty of colour and dynamism from the harlots in particular. Intrinsic to the whole, of course, was Prokofiev’s magnificent score. Its performance by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under the baton of Barry Wordsworth was achingly beautiful." (Independent Dance Reviews)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Beyond Words (The Royal Ballet / BalletBoyz)

William Bracewell (Romeo); Francesca Hayward (Juliet); Matthew Ball (Tybalt); Marcelino Sambé (Mercutio); James Hay (Benvolio); Kristen McNally (Lady Capulet); Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet); Romany Padak (Nurse); Thomas Mock (Paris); Bennet Gartside (Friar Laurence);

"Possibly the most exciting dance/film event this year… … a new blood-and-guts film version of Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece ballet" (Culture Whisper)